BG 18.42
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च
ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्
śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṃ
kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca
jñānaṃ vijñānam āstikyaṃ
brahmakarma svabhāvajam
SYNONYMS
śamaḥ: peacefulness | damaḥ: self-control | tapaḥ: austerity | śaucam: purity | kṣāntiḥ: tolerance | ārjavam: honesty | eva: certainly | ca: and | jñānam: wisdom | vijñānam: knowledge | āstikyam: religiousness | brahma: of a brāhmaṇa | karma: duty | svabhāva-jam: born of his own nature. |
TRANSLATION
Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness—these are the qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work.